Bloomfield Village millage rate approved

By Dana Casadei

After Bloomfield Township Trustee Mark Antakli asked for the annual millage rates for Bloomfield Village’s police and volunteer fire services to be removed from the evening’s consent agenda – when routine and non-controversial items are approved with a single vote – the board of trustees went on to approve the millage rates 7-0 at their meeting on Monday, October 27.

“Since this is a tax issue I prefer the actual item be read off and approved,” Antakli said.

The approved millage rates for the fiscal year of April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026, will be 1.194 mills for police, totaling a revenue of $606,000; and .315 mills for fire, expected to produce a revenue of $160,000.

Estimated taxable value for police and fire will total $507,602,490 for the fiscal year.

For the last fiscal year – April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025 – the mileage rate for police was slightly lower at 1.087, with a revenue of $527,000; and .322 mills for fire produced a revenue of $156,000. In the prior fiscal year of April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024 the millage rates for Bloomfield Village came in at 1.195 mills for police and .360 mills for volunteer fire services.

Bloomfield Village police are members of the Bloomfield Township Police Department, but focused on the Bloomfield Village neighborhood. The Bloomfield Village Volunteer Fire Department serves in a similar vain, acting as an auxiliary force to the Bloomfield Township Fire Department on calls for service within the neighborhood. 

In accordance with PA 33 of 1951, each year Bloomfield Village sends a request to the Bloomfield Township Treasurer to levy a special assessment for police and fire services. This annual practice has been going on for quite some time, and goes on Bloomfield Township winter taxes.

Each department’s budget is set by Bloomfield Village, in consultation with Bloomfield Township’s Finance Director. Based on the required revenue and the taxable value of the property within the district, this special assessment is an ad valorem calculation, and the rates are approved by the board of Bloomfield Village before gaining approval from trustees.

The unique aspect is that Bloomfield Village is given the choice to self-assess to provide for extra police protection and volunteer fire services. Their board then sends a letter to Bloomfield Township stating the millage rate that they’re asking to collect.

An association of approximately 1,000 homes, Bloomfield Village is completely contained within Bloomfield Township, and covers an area of approximately one square mile from Quarton Road on the north to Maple Road on the south, and from Lahser Road on the west to the city of Birmingham on the east.


Judson Bradway established Bloomfield Village in 1924 as a nonpolitical entity within Bloomfield Township, and follows all of the ordinances of Bloomfield Township and pays taxes to the township, in addition to maintaining its own police force and volunteer fire department.